7 Eleven Fresh | K-Style Bacon & Cheese

There’s no perfect Bacon & Cheese Sandwich out there, and everyone has their version to pull on that they can claim it’s their version. The 7-Eleven convenience store in the Philippines continues to be a few steps ahead when it comes to anything and everything and that includes the unique snacks they produce with each new debut. In the past, they found their niche in a range of Korean-style snacks, and one of them is the popular Egg Drop Sandwich, which continues to be a favourites among sandwich aficionados. It was launched in 2022, and now, they have added a new sandwich in the mix that was not even announced on their social media.

Busog Meal | Mac n' Chiz

Defining comfort food is a challenging inquisition. There have been many out there that are affordable and at the same time, you get to see the quality. There are competitors too that want to get in the action for some it is all about how it is served and makes the consumer feel comfortable when they are having that particular meal. 7-Eleven has mastered the craft of bringing “comfort food” to social classes and tries its best to be the one to deliver an all-original meal or snack for those who just want something to munch their way in between their studies or at work as they burn the midnight oil to make it through the day or most of the times at night where it is at.

7 Eleven Fresh | Siopao Adobo

Siopao is a steamed bun with various fillings, which is a Filipino snack that was popularized by Hokkien immigrants during the Spanish colonial period. It is the indigenized version of the Fujianese baozi that evolved to what is now known today. There are a lot of variations and takes of this snack that 7 Eleven as part of their local snacks that is available in all their outlets. In the past two years, the Siopao at 7 Eleven is no longer just the Asado or the Bola-Bola flavour. They have produced Chicken Asado and even a Pizza flavour that the buns are even coloured like the Pizza crust. In late October 2022, they added a new flavour that is the Adobo that local Celebrity Chef Reggie Aspiras has created.

Busog Meal | Beef Caldereta

Kaldereta or Caldereta is a Filipino dish with variations using Beef, Chicken, Goat, and Pork meat to name as known as stewed with vegetables and liver paste. It is one of the popular compliment to have for lunch and 7 Eleven has added a budget meal to compliment another dish that was recently released. The Beef Calderetta is an added dish to 7 Eleven’s ever growing diverse dishes to choose from and it is under the ‘Busog Meal’ product range that is aimed at budget friendly and affordable dishes for those on the go or have no time to prepare for their lunch in-between work or just really no time to set up in their kitchen. This was one of the dishes that you might sleep on so read all about it here.

Busog Meal | Chicken & Pork Adobo

Adobo is a famous dish in the Philippines that’s marinated, sauce or, seasoning. It is either using Chicken or Pork, but then again why not both? This is where 7 Eleven’s Busog Meal introduced their take on the famed dish using both Chicken and Pork to produce at the same time add their take on a lunch meal as an affordable value for your buck budget deal. It was recently released and hasn’t been caught up by anyone that this is one of the two dishes the famed convenient store has added to their growing selection to choose from. This was actually an unexpected pick up during the time the store wasn’t totally crowded and it just pop-up sitting at the freezer shelf.

7 Eleven Fresh | Beef Tapa

Every Breakfast has a story or while having one is a good company for those conversations, and sometimes short chit chats. There’s no rule that you can only have breakfast food in the morning. Contradictory to that, when you run out of ideas like most people would do is grab a meal blindly and have it a go. In this case, Filipino breakfast has a lot of dishes that were adapted and influenced from other countries like America, Japanese, and Spain. Of course this country has heavily taken the Spanish culture and made it into its own that make sense for the dishes that are similar to their country origin with a bit of Filipino flavour that has been presented today, and one of them is the Beef Tapa a staple local breakfast meal.

7 Eleven Fresh | Chicken Tocino

Breakfast is considered the best start for the day. It is either a heavy or lite meal, which depends on your preference or diet. Most don’t take breakfast and follows a strict regimen to be in shape or based on their GP’s (General Practitioner) advice to keep their weight on. But there are a majority to start with a brekky for the day. With 7 Eleven they have offered a plethora of Breakfast Meals, that you might have missed it if you’re not a morning individual. It is often comes unnoticed to a majority also due to that many Filipinos really like to start with a breakfast meal. They’re mostly Filipino breakfast that has been a staple that can be even a good meal during lunch time if you’ve seen one of those still on their shelf.

7 Eleven Fresh | K-Style Garlic Cream Cheese Bun

There are pastries, and majority of them is superbly underrated due to the way culture and people choose what they think will make them ‘full’ instead of appreciating the plethora of food that has been put out there. But that’s about the Filipino society is not how to enjoy it is how you fill your ‘hunger’ no matter what it takes to survive. In that in mind you tend to forget how to appreciate those tiny little things, and despite that kind of mentality 7 Eleven manage to come up with interesting things the general public don’t notice that can still be as enjoyable than filling up once hunger. Their K-Style Snacks of bread and sandwich is one of those rare occasions to produce food based or inspired from another country like Korea.

7 Eleven Fresh | Bacon with Egg

It has been a while having an actual breakfast or is it a tail end of the hour? Because this would be considered “Brunch” as it’s the bottom half hour of 10 AM and mostly everyone would have an early meal to be ahead of schedule for what’s going to be happening in the next few hours since the hours has been short in the ‘Ber Months.’ With that in mind, 7 Eleven Fresh offers a few breakfast meals and one of them is Bacon with Egg. It’s not what you would expect to be aesthetically what you wanted in the product photo (more of that below), but it does serve you a quick meal when you want to start the day early and would be continuing work during the lunch house just to keep up with the schedule during the shorted days.

Busog Meal | Breakfast Combo

Breakfast meals is a rare thing as something being sold as an instant meal, but 7 Eleven continue to pull punches and experiment trying new things that can be as they say “convenient” to have. With their Busog Meal range it was just the basic Filipino lunch meal that they continue to produce and adding a breakfast meal makes sense. They already have the breakfast omelette, but never a combo that features three viands with a rice. They’ve already have this for a while, but rarely everyone would even grab it for lunch as most in their minds this is ‘only for breakfast’ when you can also have it as a lunch meal as an alternative to not just be hindered in thinking this is only good to have in the morning.

Busog Meal | Bopis

In the middle of work sometimes you don’t have the time already to ponder and think what you’ll have for lunch. Most of the times you’ll just end up at 7 Eleven and don’t know what you have in mind, and then decided to grab whatever is in their freezer shelf. Usually, if it’s a Saturday there’s not much going on for the reason they don’t have restocks of your favourite rice meal or the ones you want to try it out. Sometimes, the ones that are hardly noticed might broaden your perspective in-between being on the go. 7 Eleven’s Busog Meal is mostly unnoticed because of being the food for individuals who are in a rush and have no time to choose the dish they want that so they go and grab something like a Filipino dish called Bopis.

Busog Meal | Chicken Sisig

Chicken Sisig is a variation of the Sisig Dish that has been a common staple in Filipino households and at local pubs as a complimentary while having a beer. But most of the time it is one you’ll find at eateries and food stalls. It is an inexpensive dish mostly a go to with rice for lunch. 7 Eleven has the budget friendly Busog Meal as their most affordable range of dishes mostly serving all the variations of Sisig and Giniling (Filipino-style Pciadillo) that are packaged in deep green box that shows this as the most basic food item in their long line of Filipino dishes. The Chicken Sisig is one of the ‘sort of new’ to the range as part of the Busog Meal range.

Busog Meal | Chili con Carne

“Chili con Carne” is a Spanish dish meaning “Chilly with Meat,” a spicy stew containing chili peppers (sometimes in the form of chili powder), meat (usually beef), tomatoes and often pinto beans or kidney beans. Other seasonings may include garlic, onions, and cumin. The dish originated in northern Mexico or southern Texas. Rarely a popular dish in Asian region like in the Philippines, and it is not as widely known in the country save that being popularize by an American fast food restaurant that is still part of their menu. But as a rice meal it is an uncommon dish you’ll see being part of a menu until 7 Eleven adds their take on the Chili con Carne in their range of affordable “Busog Meals.”

Busog Meal | Bangus Sisig

“Sisig” is the most common dish you’ll find in every Filipinos’ lunch plate. It is everywhere served anywhere. The cheapest meal you can have that has been interpreted several times you just never knew you might have it before. There are certain flavour out there, but the most common is the pork, beef, and bangus sisig. 7 Eleven have a majority of their cheapest rice meal under the “Busog Meal” dedicated to it. Of course, if you no longer have an option or the certain meal item is temporarily not available on their freezer shelf this is where you might end up with. It is not the usual place you’d probably go and rediscover it, but then again you might find the curiosity to try one that you never had before.

7 Eleven Fresh | K-Style Egg Drop Sandwich

There are more than ways to have a sandwich, and also a lot of version and concepts that’s out there. 7 Eleven rolled out their K-Style themed sandwiches to most consumers the K-Style Plant-Based Chicken Burger was not the one that’s flying off their shelf. But the Egg-Drop Sandwich that’s turning up some heads for this chunkywich. Filipinos like anything Korean these days, from BTS to K-Drama and everything that is Korean. With that businesses locally are following suit. Some even use Korean personalities in their advertisements. With 7 Eleven, it is about slowly getting into the K-Culture through their exclusively produced food.

7 Eleven Fresh | K-Style Chicken Burger

There are Chicken Burgers that is currently a popular cuisine for most fast food restaurants in the last three years, and then there are limited time only meals that are inspired by the current trend in popular culture. Namely, the ever growing K-Pop Culture in music and other forms of media that shaped the Filipinos current interest. Of course, with that there have been special collaborations like the one with that fast food restaurant giant that made a trend last year with meals tailor made to their colours as well as limited time only snacks. The K-Pop trend has also caught up with 7 Eleven with their latest snacks that includes the K-Style Plant-Based Chicken Burger that was recently started to appear in their stores.

Busog Meal | Jumbo Giniling

“Giniling” in Filipino is called grounded meat, and the meaning doesn’t stop. In Latin countries there’s a version of Giniling, which is called Picadillo that is the soupy version. Giniling is a popular dish in the Philippines as one of the go to viand, but there’s a difference still when the product is produced by 7 Eleven as part of their range of Busog Meal that’s aimed as their ‘filler meal.’ The home cooked version is traditionally known as the dried dish served with diced carrots and potatoes. The Busog Meal version is more economically different as being straight ground meat with little of the aforementioned vegetables. There have been a regular version, but a Jumbo Giniling is double your lunch meal.

Busog Meal | Jumbo Sisig

“Busog” is a Filipino word that means “Full” or “Stuffed” from all that eating. It can be a word to describe a person that be phrased as, “He looks Busog” or another word for Chunky. But in more than ways it is named after 7 Eleven’s cheapest range of meals that you can easily buy, and why it was named after this word. Because it will really made you feel stuffed from having a cheap thrill with their meals. There’s a good and not-so positive way to have a Busog Meal, but when times are tough and you have very limited budget just to survive the day, you have to find creative ways to even have a meal that will get you through it.

7 Eleven Fresh | Bacon Carbonara

Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish originated from Rome, which is made of made with eggs, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper. It is the least favourite among the 7 Eleven Fresh pasta range that seemed to be overlooked or just plainly not the most desired meal compared to the other previous pasta offerings they have. It would appear also the way it looked in packaging for the reason of being ignored. So far there have been good and not-so positive of some of the products. But eventually it would win you over if you haven’t tried it. There’s a lot of diverse dishes that 7 Eleven have for the reason competition is a little bit tight. But at the end of the day it is all about appreciating food and learning from it.

7 Eleven Fresh | Creamy Ziti Pasta

There have been many types of pasta, and 7 Eleven manages to produce a range that would be affordable at the same time have quality in them. They’re part of the Fresh range of meals, desserts, and salads that can be found in all of their stores. But the pasta range were underrated for being a lunch meal, but still have quality that made them a must have for those wanting something that’s not a rice meal. Creamy Ziti pasta is one of the pasta produced under the Fresh branding by 7 Eleven. It’s made of cream cheese and marinara sauce, but some use alternatives in having them baked. It’s almost similar to the Lasagna, but not stacked having used macaroni, which also have local ingredients it making it more Filipino-style in making it.